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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Parana |
 | | This territory belonged to the Diocese of Buenos Aires until 1854, when it became a separate pro-vicariate Apostolic, to be erected into a diocese by the Bull of Pius IX dated 13 June, 1859. |
 | | The respective populations are: Entre Rios, 408,000; Corrientes, 322,000; Misiones, 44,000. |
 | | The Province of Entre Rios is divided into sixteen parishes and ten chaplaincies (capellanías vicarias); Corrientes, forming one vicariate forain, twenty parishes; Misiones, one parish and three chaplaincies. |
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